Whiplash

            Whiplash was a great movie all around. It had great cutscenes within the movie and the storyline was fantastic. Whiplash had a great storyline because there were so many ups and downs with Andrew. Fletcher tore him down and brought him back up within the movie so many times and at the end Andrew impressed Fletcher once and for all. The cutscenes in Whiplash were one of the better ones I saw also. There were quite a few of jump cuts that were placed perfectly, like the camera moving from sheet note to sheet note to capture how Andrew nervous Andrew was feeling when he first saw the music. Another fantastic and great use of a jump cut was when Andrew arrived 3 hours early to his first day of practice, so he ended up sitting there. The main focus of cuts were smash cuts that were used plentiful. It cut on action when Fletcher was yelling or Andrew was playing the drums in his performance.

            At the very start of the movie there was a smash cut, the screen was black, and he was drumming, and it kept getting faster till it all of the sudden it stopped with Andrew on the screen, to put us on the edge of our seats. There were many cut away shots that were brilliantly used, like when Fletcher was teaching Andrew and he kept saying it was quite his tempo. Whiplash went on to win an Oscar in 2014 for how great its editing was. I found it to be a fantastic movie because of all of the emotions Andrew and Fletcher made you feel. Andrew had many ups and downs, he quit at one point making the audience feel down for him. Once he met back up with Fletcher after he quit, I was shocked because of how he treated him. Once he played on the final stage and killed his performance and Fletcher was impressed, I was amazed. I will admit when Andrew hugged his dad, I almost teared up a little because of how bad Fletcher treated him.

            I feel that many aspiring or current musicians who watch this movie would be motivated to try their best as it is very moving. Fletcher just wanted to have a great musician he could call his but he pushed people too hard causing them to quit and even kill themselves. Fletcher was passionate about his job and he wanted people to succeed instead of fail. He had a violent approach at sometimes which caused him to lash out in anger at his students.

            Overall, I think Whiplash was one of the better movies I have ever seen because of how good the editing was the way they used cuts and transitions throughout the movie. The storyline was fantastic I think because of the ups and downs he had, the introduction of his girlfriend then breaking it off because he has to focus on his drumming. Every aspect of the movie was great, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone. fffffffffff